Where were you the morning of September 11, 2001? My memories of that day are vivid. I woke up to talk radio that morning, and I heard the hosts talking about airplanes and buildings. At first I thought they were joking (although it seemed that their joking had “crossed a line.”) Once I realized the horror of what they were talking about, I ran into the other room and turned on the TV. I saw smoke pouring out the side of a building, then the collapse of one building, then another. The rest of the day was filled with shock and disbelief – TVs were kept on in the teacher’s lounge with that horrible footage looped over and over again. More details unfolded…the Pentagon…a field in Pennsylvania…and our nation began to grieve the loss of thousands who went to work that morning, who boarded a plane, who answered an emergency call for help, and never came home. We also grieved the loss of the feeling of security and safety within the borders of our own country.
The evil that we witnessed that day was born out of the sin in a man’s heart. And the shock and sadness that we felt that day should be magnified 1,000-fold when we consider the deadly impact that sin has daily on our world, in our lives, and in the lives of those around us. Sin – that ugly desire to rise above God’s plan for us – always ends in destruction and death.
In the days that followed 9/11, our country sought ways to reclaim the freedom that was threatened. Some fought, some prayed, some sought new ways to reach out to others, and together we worked to preserve the freedom upon which this country was built. So, the question is, are we fighting, praying, reaching out, and working together to preserve the true freedom that God calls us to as believers?
Psalm 119:45
I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
What a promise! Not only are we blessed to live a life of freedom in this great country, but we are also offered a much greater gift - freedom from sin, death, and ultimate destruction.I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
Galatians 5:1
It is for freedom that Christ has set up free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
It is for freedom that Christ has set up free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Thank you, Camille for posting these and getting them together for us, your church choir family! They are a constant reminder of how much the Lord loves all of us and He is the reason that we sing and give him praises!
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